Alice M. Klintworth

Alice M. Klintworth, 96, of Beemer, NE, passed away Friday, October 31, 2014 at Colonial Haven Nursing Home in Beemer, NE. Funeral Services will be Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bancroft, NE; Pastor Philip Hale will be officiating. Visitation will be Monday, November 3, 2014 from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home in Bancroft, NE. Burial will be in the Bancroft Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the St. Paul’s organ fund. Arrangements are under the direction of Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home of Bancroft, NE. Alice Marie (Schultz) Klintworth was born August 14, 1918, near Osmond, NE, to Ernest H. And Anna Lundwurm Schultz. She was baptized on September 22, 1918, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church at Osmond, NE, by Pastor F. Krause. She was confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in West Point, NE, by Rev. W. A. Kline on March 20, 1932. She married Howard J. Klintworth January 17, 1940, in West Point, NE, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church by Pastor Olslaeger. The couple farmed in the Dodge and Rosalie areas until Howard's death on November 25, 1977, when she moved to Bancroft. Alice was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and St. Paul's Ladies Aid. She taught Sunday School for many years. She belonged to St. Paul's sewing Circle and marked many many quilts at the Bancroft Senior Center. She was a member of Valley View Extension club and was woman of achievement in 1983. She also was a member of the Bancroft Garden Club and enjoyed her many flowers. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Roxien Klintworth of Lyons, NE, and daughter and son-in-law, Don and Karen Blank of Nevada, IA, sister, Ella Rodick, 5 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Alice is preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother and sister-in-law, Ervin and Elaine Schultz, brother-in-law, John Rodick, and great granddaughter, Emma E. Frank.